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Largely devoid of blame in the above is Merrill Kelly<\/a>, who posted his fourth quality start in a row. As mentioned in the preview, these haven\u2019t exactly come against the strongest of opponents. Still, he\u2019s got it done as a good pitcher should. Today, he gave Arizona<\/a> seven innings of two-run ball, on four hits and two walks, with five strikeouts. Kelly is 5-0 against teams currently below .500, and 0-3 facing teams above .500. The only real static came in the bottom of the fourth inning. It began after the Diamondbacks ran out of challenges, Gabriel Moreno<\/a> wasting our second, after Nolan Arenado<\/a> had blown one in the second inning. The batter ended up walking.<\/p>\n This was followed by a pair of doubles over the head of Corbin Carroll<\/a>, which might have been outs: the first in particular was in and out of his glove. [These weren\u2019t our only misplays either. The first batter in the game for San Francisco singled in front of Ryan Waldschmidt, after he had initially broken back on the ball.] They scored a pair of runs, giving the Giants a 2-1 lead. I am also under strict instructions to tell you that Rafael Devers<\/a> is now Mrs. SnakePit\u2019s most hated player for his \u201cdisgusting\u201d chewing and spitting habits, which almost provoked a Roman moment in SnakePit Towers. Googling tells me it\u2019s not tobacco\u2026 But Mrs. S is far from convinced.<\/p>\n Anyway. That was it for the Giants offense, though they had their chances, as our bullpen wobbled but held. Jonathan Loaisiga<\/a> gave up a lead-off double, then retired the next three batters in the eighth. Then Brandyn Garcia<\/a> triggered indigestion in the ninth by hitting the first batter he faced, then going 3-0 on the next. A much needed double-play calmed the nerves, and he got the final out to move Arizona back to five above .500, tying our season high set on April 18 at 13-8. We haven\u2019t been beyond that since the end of 2024, so it\u2019d be nice if the team can keep up its momentum here.<\/p>\n View Link<\/a><\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The offense was good enough. Though it felt like there were any number of wasted opportunities across the course of the game. Gabriel Moreno got Arizona on the board in the third inning, with his third home-run of the season (above). The D-backs had a chance to add on there, getting one-out singles from Tommy Troy, Marte and Carroll. But Geraldo Perdomo<\/a> struck out without taking the bat off his shoulder, and Nolan Arenado fouled out. Fortunately, the Giants were playing just as sloppily as the Diamondbacks, and a pair of defensive mistakes by them opened the door to a three-run fifth inning, giving Arizona a lead they\u2019d not relinquish.<\/p>\n It began with Troy reaching second on a wild throw from Willy Adames<\/a>. Marte then blooped a pitch<\/a> just in front of left-fielder Casey Schmitt<\/a>, who opted to ignore the ball as it went past him. Somehow, this was scored an RBI double, but Marte will take it. Perdomo then singled Ketel home, and after an Arenado ground-out moved Perdomo into scoring position, Adrian Del Castillo<\/a> made it 4-2 to Arizona. Marte then got another hit in the sixth, driving in Moreno, who\u2019d walked, and Jose Fernandez, who had doubled. And Marte wasn\u2019t done either, getting his fourth hit of the game\u2026 while still making the out at first.<\/p>\n View Link<\/a><\/p>\n This came in the seventh, on our most annoying (yet, I\u2019ll admit it, amusing enough \u2013 albeit, only because we won anyway) gaffe of the season. Troy walked, and Marte sent a fly-ball down the first-base line. It clanked out of the right fielder\u2019s glove, and Marte hared round first, intending to reach second. Unfortunately, he met Troy, who was still intent on returning to first-base (above). While both realized their error, ending up on first and second, the Giants appealed, and on review, Marte was ruled to have passed Troy and so was out. It was reminiscent of this play back in 2018<\/a>, when Deven Marrero<\/a> was robbed of what would have been his only HR with us, for a similar base-running mistake.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n In the end, it proved irrelevant \u2013 mostly because of the Giants going 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position, otherwise it would likely have been a lot more nervewracking. But we got there. Marte finished the day with four more hits. He now has a nine-game hitting streak where he is 21-for-37 \u2013 that\u2019s an average of .568 \u2013 with three home-runs and 15 RBI. He got help today from Carroll\u2019s two hits, while Del Castillo, Moreno and Troy each chipped in with a hit and a walk. The only starter not to reach base this afternoon was Ryan Waldschmidt, who had a rough 0-for-5 day with a trio of strikeouts.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/a8036d7b8a74e0103875aeec7d914aed.jpeg\"\/)
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